Unveiled Monday (Nov. 22) during the swearing-in ceremonies of two state officials officials displayed the new Louisana flag.
New Louisiana state flag with bleeding pelican is unfurled | NOLA.com
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Re: Louisiana updates flag!

The "bleeding pelican" has been on the Louisiana flag all along, but apparently the blood drops were not mentioned in the existing state law. The new version also seems to have an updated depiction of the pelican itself (the wings are different). However, it seems like a bit of a stretch to call it a "new flag"!

Apparently, the symbol of the bleeding pelican has a long history, and was known in medieval heraldry as "the pelican in her piety." According to this discussion on FOTW

it was a religous symbol of the Resurrection: The pelican was said to kill her own fledglings and resurrecting them three days later by slashing her chest and shedding the fledglings with her own blood, the same way God resurrected His Son on the Third Day.

Peter Ansoff

"We live by symbols, and what shall be symbolized by any image of the sight depends upon the mind of him who sees it."-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Re: Louisiana updates flag!

Re: Louisiana updates flag!

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Hi, All! (Happy Thanksgiving!)

A while back I had heard (or read) a rumor that Louisiana was contemplating re-designing their old flag or maybe getting a whole new one. If I remember correctly, most of the rumor's "Noise" was to the effect of getting rid of the pelican and replacing it with some form of the "Fleur-de-lis" design.

Unfortunately, I can't remember if I'd heard about it before or after the New Orleans Saints winning the Super Bowl.

But..... That was then and this is now!

GO DUCKS !!!

Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA .

"All That Is Needed For Evil To Triumph Is For Good People To Stand By And Do Nothing"